Pwllehli, Gwynedd - Station, steam train for Dovey, 1962 -repro postcard, c1980s

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• Picture / Image:  Engine No. 82034 with a train for Dovey Junction at Pwllheli 22 Aug 1962
• Publisher: Derrick Joanes, Barnstable, Devon
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Pwllheli railway station is a railway station serving the small coastal town of Pwllheli on the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales. It is the terminus of the Cambrian Coast Railway.

In 1861 the Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway was given authorisation to build a line along Cardigan Bay between Aberystwyth and Porthdinllaen on the Llŷn Peninsula. However, the final five miles across the Llŷn Peninsula were never built. By 1865 the company had merged to become part of Cambrian Railways. When the first Pwllheli station opened on Thursday 10 October 1867[1] the decision to not complete the final five miles to Nefyn had already been taken. The station, which was about a half a mile from the town, became the line's terminus.

On 19 July 1909[2] a second station was opened near the town centre following land reclamation that permitted the extension of the line. It had two tracks separated by an island platform with a small loading dock to the north.[3] The layout remained unchanged until rationalisation began in September 1977.

A goods yard was developed on the site of the first station. Its turntable is now in the possession of the West Somerset Railway. The Great Western Railway (GWR) doubled the track between Pwllheli station and the goods yard in order to increase capacity. But after the goods yard was closed and both the signal boxes and the signals were removed in 1977, the double-lined section is now used as a long run-round loop for visiting charter trains. By 1987 a supermarket had been developed on the former goods yard land.

Prior to the closure of the Afon Wen to Caernarfon Line in 1964, there were two named daily express services during the summer between Pwllheli and London:

The Cambrian Coast Express ran via Machynlleth, Shrewsbury and Birmingham to London Paddington.

The Welshman ran via Caernarfon and Crewe to Euston.

In 1977 one side of the island platform was abandoned and the track was lifted (the land is now a car park). The station canopy, which was constructed by the GWR, survived intact until the early 1980s. Today only the concourse remains covered. Pwllheli has one platform, a siding and a loop.[4] One of the old signal boxes also remains and is used as a covered ground frame to operate the loop points.